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IM SORRY,

I HAVE LOOKED FOR

THE GOODNESS IN MYSELF

AND I HAVE FOUND

NOTHING.

I AM DONE WITH THIS WAR

FOR PEACE.

IT HAS ONLY MADE DEATH

CRAWL INSIDE OF ME.

MY PALMS ARE TOO HEAVY

AND I AM DYING.

I'M SORRY.

THAT I HAVE DECIDED TO 

STOP

FIGHTING. 

.

i am awake

still as the sunlight

peeks through

the closed

curtains

and hits my

face

and eyelashes.

i close my eyes

and try to move

away.

but 

it

will

not.

i sit up then.

looking at this

small beam.

it's on my chest.

and when i stick out

my hands

that are too big.

and they look

almost 

beautiful

when they are

bathed

in 

the 

early

morning

light.

i could see

my veins.

illuminated by the

sun.

the blue snaking

up my arms

intertwining with the tattoos

that litter my skin.

there is a cross

on my hand

and i don't understand

why 

got 

it.

i think it was some

sort of

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